PERRY, Hezekiah H. - Putnam

PERRY, Hezekiah H, PO Putnamville, Farmer, Sec 22, born Oct 11, 1829 in Flyd Co IN son of John S. and Sarah Perry; in Nov 1831, Mr. Perry's parents removed to Putnamvile, where they remained until 1845 when they settled in the present homestead; his mother died Aug 28, 1863 father April 12, 1874. In 1858, he located in Clay Co and married there June 7, 1863 Harriet Maria PILANT, daughter of James and Mary Pilant; she died Jan 20, 1872. Children: Sarah C born April 1, 1864; Mary E May 26, 1866; John S Jan 26, 1870. In 1871, Mr. Perry returned to his parents home; the farm has never been dividied still remaining under his father's name. He is a member of the ME Church.

HEZEKIAH H. PERRY, farmer, residing on section 22, Warren Township, was born in Floyd County, Indiana, October 11, 1829, a son of John S. and Sarah Perry, of Putnam County. He came with his parents to Putnamville when a little over two years of age, in November, 1831, where he was reared till June 1845, and then removed with his parents to the farm where he now resides. He was educated in the common schools, such as reading, writing arithmetic, geography, spelling and history. The principal teachers he went to were Horatio T. Wakefield, who removed to St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1857, and died there, and William Wyanick, who removed with his parents to Chariton, Lucas County, Iowa, in the spring of 1850, and died there. Both of them were good teachers, whom he respected. He learned the potter's trade with his father, and in September, 1856, removed to Clay County, this State, where he was engaged in farming and mining and digging potter's clay, and part of the time carried on the pottery business until January 23, 1871,when he returned to Warren Township and settled upon the old homestead, where he has since resided. Be sides his interest in the homestead he owns his farm on Section 20, Brazil Township, in Clay County, on which is a extensive coal and clay bank, the clay being the first to be used in the pottery business in the county. Sunday, June 7, 1863, at the residence of John Hendrix, of Brazil, Brazil Township, Clay County, Mr. Perry was married to Miss Harriet Maria P'ilant, by the Rev. Ransom Hawley, a Presbyterian minister of Putnamville, who resides with his sons at Terre Haute. She was born in Henry County, Indiana, November 4, 1841, and died January 20, 1871. She was the mother of three children--Sarah Catherine, born April 2, 1864;Mary Ellen, born May 27, 1866, died January 9, 1884, and John Stewart, born January 27, 1870. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Politically Mr. Perry is a Republican. He is an extensive reader and has read the New York weekly Tribune since 1850, and the Greencastle Banner since 1866, and the Phrenological Journal and Science of Health since 1876, besides many other papers.